Car-axle box.



No. 808,684. PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906. W. F. RICHARDS.

GAR AXLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1900.

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No. 808,684. PATENTED JAN. 2, 1906.

W. R'RIGHARDS.

' AXLE BOX.

APPLI N FILED APR.14, 1900.

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WILLARD F. RICHARDS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOULD COUPLERCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

CAR AXLE BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

A plication fil d April 14, 1900. Serial No. 12,882.

To all whom it mag concern;

Be it kn own that I, WILLARD F. RICHARDS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bufl' alo, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of the oil and packingchamber of car-axle boxes.

My invention has for its object to so construct the box that thesaturated waste or packing is at all times held in intimate contact withthe journal and to effect this result without increasing the cost of thejournal-box.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of my improved journal-box applied to a car-axle.Fig. 2 is a similar view of the box detached from the axle. Fig. 3is acrosssection in line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. i is a similar section in line 4L, Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A is the journal, which extends into the cavity of the journal-box Bthrough the usual opening 6, formed in the rear wall of the box. C isthe usual brass or bearing, and C the wedge or key arranged between thesame and the top of the box. D is .the chamber, which contains the wasteor packing and the oil. This journal-box is provided centrally of itsbottom with a longitudinal trough-shaped portion extending substantiallyfrom end to end of the bottom and forming an oil well or receptacle D,substantially upright side wall portions 61, Figs. 2 and 3, and oppositeinclined wall portions tZ, which converge downwardly from their juncturewith the upright side Wall portions (Z to the central troughshapedbottom portion, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. These downwardly-convergingportions approach the journal so closely as to form between the same andthe journal contracted passages (Z which are narrower than the spaces dbetween the journal and the side walls of the box. By this constructionthe hammering or jarring received by the journal-box causes the waste orpacking to be wedged between the lower side portions of the journal andthe sloping bottom portions of the box, thereby keeping the packing atall times in contact with thejournal and properly lubricating the same.The sloping bottom portions cl, by which this advantage is obtained, areformed integral with the journalbox, and the improvement therefore doesnot increase the cost of the box.

E represents horizontal retaining webs or flanges which extend inwardlyfrom the side walls of the journal-box at a point opposite the top ofthe journal, and E is a similar flange which extends across the loweredge of the filling-opening F in the front wall of the box. Theseflanges keep the waste downin place in the box and prevent the same frombeing carried around by the journal. They also serve as gages or stopsfor the train attendants in packing the boxes.

g is a semicircular guard-flange which extends inwardly from the rearwall of the journal-box and which is arranged along the edge of theopening 6 in said wall and terminates at the side flanges E. This flangeprevents the packing from passing out through this opening.

I claim as my invention 1. A railway-car journal-box of standard type,provided with substantially upright side wall portions, a bottom formingan oil well or receptacle, and downwardly-converging side wall portionswhich join the bottom and upright portions of the side walls and are sodisposed as to form spaces between the sides of the box and the journalwhich extend substantially the length of the box and decrease in widthtoward the oil well, whereby the lubricating-packing is wedged betweenthe journal and the converging portions of the walls of the box by thejarring of the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway-car journal-box of standard type, having an integral bottomforming an oil well or receptacle, and integral side walls havingsubstantially upright upper portions and downwardly-converging lowerportions which join the bottom and are so disposed as to form spacesbetween themselves and the journal which extend substantially the lengthof the box and are narrower than the spaces between the journal and theupright upper portions of the side walls of the box, whereby thelubricating-packing is wedged between the journal and the convergingportions of the walls of the box by the jarring of the latter,substantially as set forth.

3. A railway-car journal-box of standard type, having an integral bottomforming an oil well or receptacle, and integral side walls havingsubstantially upright upper portions and downwardly-converging lowerportions which join the bottom and are so disposed as to form spacesbetween themselves and the journal which extend substantially the lengthof the box and are narrower than the spaces between the journal and theupright upper portions of the side walls of the box, and integralflanges projecting inwardly from the side walls of the box above saidconverging portions, substantially as set forth.

4:- A journal-box provided in its front wall Withafilling-opening, andin its rear wall with an opening for the passage of the journal, andhaving an inwardly-extending guardfiange arranged at the lower edge ofsaid filling-opening, an internal semicircular guardflange arranged atthe lower and side edges of rear opening of the journal-box, andhorizontal inwardly-extending flanges formed integral with the sidewalls of the box and arranged about on a level with the upper ends ofsaid semicircular guard-flange, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a journal-box and a journal therein, ofwaste-supporting means at each side of the journal, said supportingmeans extending from the sides of the box downwardly and toward eachother, the lower longitudinal edges of said supporting means beingspaced apart and at least below the center of revolution of the journaland being the portions of said means nearest to the journal, and theuppermost portions of said supporting means being at a higher elevationthan the bottom of the journal and lower than the axis of the journal.

6. A journal-box adapted to receive a horizontal journal, said boxhaving waste-supporting means arranged at each side of the journalreceiving portion, said supporting means converging downwardly of thebox and having such location that their lowermost portions will lie atleast below the center of revolution of the journal and closest to thejournal when the latter is in position, while their uppermost portionswill lie farthest from and above the bottom of the journal and below theaxis of the journal when the latter is in position.

\Vitness my hand this 11th day of April, 1900.

WILLARD F. RICHARDS.

\Vitnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, (JxEsTA HoRNBEoK.

